A Plan of the field of battle that was fought on ye 10th of Iune 1719, at the Pass of Glenshiels in Kintail North Britain : with ye disposition of His Majtys forces under ye command of Majr. Genl. Wightman, & of those of ye rebels /
Bastide, John Henri,active 1718-1759
cartographic

1719.
This map shows the progress of the battle of Glenshiel, which was fought on 10 June 1719, when a force of Spaniards sent over by James Francis Stuart, and a small number from the Highland clans, led by George Keith, the 10th Earl Marischal, were defeated by General Wightman. The draughtsman, John Henri Bastide, was at that time a lieutenant employed as a Board of Ordnance draughtsman. He did a fair copy of this map, which is at shelfmark MS.1648.Z.03/22b. He was also engaged in the same year, on the plans for the construction of the four highland forts at Bernera, near to Glen Shiel, Ruthven, Inversnaid and Kiliwhimen.
Towards the right side of the map, he shows the government forces as they were first drawn up. From there, a series of dotted red lines show how each section of the army moved and engaged the Stuart forces, until the Stuart forces were finally put to flight, towards the bottom left hand area of the map. He has drawn figures of the retreating soldiers fighting a rearguard action, including several vignettes of fallen men. He has added a note to the bottom of the "References" box to the effect "NB That the Ennemy in Their flight still fir'd & defended the places of difficult access".
There is a tall structure in the River Shiel, which he lists in his "References to the Ennemy" as "the Barricade that defended the pass of the River side". In the middle of the map, just above the bend in the river, General Wightman is shown on his horse. Bastide also notes "The Mount Call'd Skururan the Highest in Scotland Except Ben Nevis", which is Sgurr Fhuran, 3505 feet high, in Glen Shiel.
At top of sheet: title in cartouche in design of looped curtain with tassels.
To right of title cartouche: compass rose with fleur-de-lys pointer orienting top of sheet to north. Arrows in the River Shiel show the direction of flow.
In top right hand corner: library shelfmark written in ink.
In panel down length of right hand side, two sets of references, "References to his Majty's Forces", with a list of numbers and the disposition of forces to which they refer on the map, and "References to the Ennemy", with a list of letters and the disposition of their forces.
In middle of sheet: "B.O" with upwards arrow, stamped in red.
At bottom of sheet in ornate cartouche: scale statement 'A Scale of 800 Feet', with yellow scale bar graded [0]-10-[20]-[30]-[40]-50-[60]-[70]-[80]-[90]-100-200-300-400-500-600-700-800.
In bottom right hand corner: "B.5 F.44" written in brown ink.
In bottom left hand corner: "5" written in brown ink.
Has watermarks.
Board of Ordnance. Register of Plans 1700-1800,
Shows Glenshiel, Scotland.
Board of Ordnance Plans,
Wightman, General, active 1719.
Marischal, George Keith, Earl, 1693-1778
Maps, Military
Battlefields
Glenshiel, Battle of, 1719
Jacobite Rebellion, 1719